... evil, the General Court, on Oct. 9 of the same year, ordered a new die, and required that henceforth both shillings and smaller peeces shall have a double ring on either side, with this inscription: Massachusetts , and a tree in the centre, on the one side, and New England and the date of the year on the other side. In 1662 a two-penny piece was added to the series. This mint existed about thirty-four yea...